Franklin Parker Preserve Speedwell Entrance

Three dead Cedar Trees Photo
Franklin Parker Photo
Still here

SITE DESCRIPTION: The acquisition of the Franklin Parker Preserve in 2003 by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation was a momentous occasion in conservation. This 9400 acre preserve is a keystone piece of land, linking the expanses of Brendan Byrne, Wharton, and Penn State Forests and creating a more contiguous, and therefore more viable, Pinelands National Reserve. Franklin Parker Preserve offers access to a wide variety of Pine Barrens habitat by way of sand roads. Pitch-pine forests and cedar swamps are joined by blueberry fields, lakes, and pristine tributaries of the Wading River. The former cranberry bogs are currently being restored to a variety of native wetland habits. The preserve is home to an impressive array of rare flora and fauna, including numerous State threatened and endangered species, and even some nationally and globally rare species. This is also a great area for stargazing.

Cedar Swamp Photo Shoot

Looking Up at Cedars
Reflections in the Bog

Green moss carpet

Cedar Swamp provides a large and important wildlife habitat in an increasingly urbanized area. State-listed rare species occur in the area, as well as the uncommon Atlantic White Cedar swamp for which the area is named.
A swamp of cedar. Choked with oil of cedar
And scurf of plants, and weary and over-heated,
And sorry I ever left the road I knew,
I paused and rested on a sort of hook
That had me by the coat as good as seated,
And since there was no other way to look,
Looked up toward heaven, and there against the blue,

Last of Fall Colors in the Pine Lands

Beautful Fall Color in the Pine lands
Beautful Fall Color in the Pine lands
Stunning Color

The Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines. I like the heavily forested area of coastal plain stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. The name “pine barrens” refers to the area’s sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil.

You can find more of my Pine lands photo on this link

I like wandering the Pine lands looking for fine art photographic locations. I still have lots of ground to cover before the snow starts falling and the roads are in-passable. If you would like to explore the Pines, a good place to start is the Wharton Track.

Reference for more information. New Jersey Pinelands Commission

Controlled Burn – Pine lands Style

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Another bog
Majestic Cedar trees photo
Majestic Cedar trees
Photo of a cedar bridge
Bridge to the other side of nowhere
Photo of a Bog
View across the bog
Photo of a Batona Trail Marker
Batona Trail Marker
Photo of Beaver engineering
Beavers doing there thing.
Photo 38.5 Mile marker Batona Trail
38.5 Mile marker Batona Trail
Photo of a Stream in Pine Lands
Stream View

I was lucky enough to be Chatsworth Lake, NJ for the out of control burn by the NJ Forest Service.
I got lots of photographs of the damage the burn does which are on Louis Dallara Photography Site

My Prints of the Pine Lands AKA Pine Barrens are available at louis-dallara.pixels.com

 

Snow Storm March 2018

Sister Trees

In a snow storm we get natures great black and white without doing a color conversion to make some thing artificial. Nature is always the best designer when it comes creating awesome landscapes.

Sister Trees
Winter Snow Storm